Mapping the research to UN's Sustainable Development Goals

​Information and Communication technology (ICT) is a critical enabler to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. We have identified four goals where Chalmers ICT research can bring relevant contributions to sustainable development.

Along with digitalisation that rapidly conquers virtually everything in the modern society we are witnessing many disruptions, and anticipate changes that can fundamentally transform the society. In this process, Area of Advance ICT is aiming to contribute to enhancement and sustainability, by creating new technologies, methods, and processes that targets the goals, and at the same time ensuring that new technologies do not compromise sustainability of the society.

ICT contributes directly or indirectly to all the UN sustainability goals. These are designed from a holistic perspective and it is necessary to analyse the effects of research not only on individual goals but on all, as they affect each other and developments in one area may potentially act counterproductively within another. Nevertheless, we here present a selection of research that directly addresses the following four goals:

Goal 3: Good Health & Well Being Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages by applying technologies and ICT-based tools such as e-health, technologies for fast diagnosis, improved treatment and monitoring of disease, as well as traffic-safety.

Pioneering research on natural control of artificial limbs and treatment of phantom pain.

Research at the forefront of traffic safety applications.

Secure and robust ICT for critical applications in the health system.

Making medical treatment less invasive and more effective.

Using big data and machine intelligence to achieve more knowledge in healthcare.

Goal 7: Affordable & Clean EnergyEnsure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by optimising the use of energy and developing ICT technologies with low energy consumption.

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation & InfrastructureICT is a key infrastructure for development and progress. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation by access to information, connectivity and digitalisation of society and industry.

Increased knowledge and availability in data science to promote management and innovation.

Close collaboration with society and industry to promote innovation and sustainable development.

Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesMake cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable by optimising processes and communication infrastructures using new ICT technologies, such monitoring air and water quality using sensors, devices, and Internet of Things, and their integration in common infrastructure.